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Licorice Pizza 2021

weird movie. the performances are solid, but the script is a mess (and weird). It couldn't really grab my attention, and I really don't understand what the critics see in it

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I won't remember a bit of this in six months. The acting is overall quite good, but the story-line is... boring? That's not quite fair. It's just uninspiring.

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I just...didn't vibe with what this was putting down. I can appreciate the attention to detail, the performances put in by all involved and the somewhat rambling, cerebral style of storytelling; it just didn't connect with me how I think it was intending. I'll echo what I've seen by others online, Alana Haim should really pursue this as a full time gig. She is pretty great in this, and probably carried the whole thing along with the entire Haim family. I'm just not sure what this movie was trying to say, or if it was just trying to capture a moment in time? Or was just a throwback to the "good-ol-days" of the 70s? That and the somewhat questionable age dynamic of the two leads in the story does raise a bunch of questions that I'm sure have been discussed to death on other platforms. Not for me, but I can appreciate the merits and why people are raving about it.

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Yeah, I dont know. Its one of those movies I wanna say I liked it, but actually i had no idea what was going ok.

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I do not understand those high notes, this is another story about difficult love with a fashionable theme of going back in time to the 1970s.

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Liked the opening scene then I got lost in the story line, pointless scenes and weird dialogue. Can't believe this got Oscar nominated.
Alana Haims performane is probably the only thing I'll remember from this in the long run.

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While it has some funny moments the rest is a confused mess

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Honestly, there are days I despair over the members of the Academy of Motion Pictures, or Hollywood in general. This movie is flagrant self flagellation. If the industry wasn’t so enamoured with itself, this film, no matter how many A-listers it cast, would never have seen the light of day, let alone been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. I’m embarrassed for them. I give this film a 3 (bad) out of 10. [Inane Dramedy]

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I went into this knowing absolutely nothing about the plot or the actors, only knowing that it was nominated for a bunch of awards.
Imagine my shock when I found out it was about pedophilia, of course we as an audience try to justify it and even the main character tries to justify it and ignore the fact that she is jealous because of a 15 y.o. boy.
We get dragged into the happenings of this couple and get a couple of laughs and some tense moments, but for the most part we get to see them grow as individuals, one of them running towards their feelings and another one running from them, just to meet each other at the end.

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A film that is kind of jumbled and all over the place but in the best possible way. 70s vibes while Alana and Gary go back and forth deciding on if the other is making them jealous or if they should move onto the next.

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Although I recently had a positive experience with his first film, Hard Eight, on the whole I've come to realize that PT Anderson films are not my speed. I recognize the quality filmmaking. I recognize the quality acting. I recognize the quality of pretty much everything on display except for the story being told. In this case, the story doesn't feel like much of a story at all. Less of a cohesive whole and more of a series of short stories, each introducing new, short-term characters to bounce off of our two protagonists and their strange/disturbing relationship. I didn't have anyone to root for and I didn't particularly sympathize with any of these characters. It was just 2+ hours of well executed but generally uncomfortable viewing. I will say that all of my critiques are clearly the product of intentional decisions on the part of the filmmakers. This is exactly the movie they wanted to make, it's just not a movie for me.

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Great movie from writer/director Wes Anderson!

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Almost Famous meets Once Upon a Time In Hollywood… A cute movie with some questionable choices. Hyper-americanised stories never really resonate with me much. Alana Haim is the best part about it, hope she keeps acting!

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There is so much subtext in this movie that its plot doesn't seem the most important thing. It's, more than the story of Gary's attraction to Alana, the reflection of a certain time in a certain place, the reflection of the America of dreams and false realities (like Jack Holden speaking with dialogues from his own characters). PTA looking in the mirror, winking at his movies, talking about impossible dreams.

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my mom was alana's age when she met my father, who was gary's age so i really have nothing to say

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Even Bradley Cooper couldn't spoil this.

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Do you know that feeling when you are freshly in love, but you don't know yet where these feelings will lead?
Whether the love will be reciprocated, whether you will be hurt, everything seems possible and the state of uncertainty is on the one hand pure fear and on the other hand the greatest hope. Licorice Pizza is watching Alana and Gary for two hours in this state between absolute elation and absolute vulnerability and at the same time going through the same with the plot. On the one hand, nothing really spectacular happens and on the other hand, what happens is incredibly captivating. After each scene you wonder what will happen in the next, anything seems possible. I am grateful to the film for this experience.

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Cooper is magnetic, which was a nice treat. As it was to see such an authentic, feel-good that's just jam packed with quirky characters and uncomfortable situations. This may just be up there with one of Anderson's best.

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A bright and breezy movie from one of my favourite directors. It's entertaining throughout but as it tries to cover a wide number of plot points, it loses coherency towards the end.

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My least favorite type of movie https://boxd.it/2CEV3z

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People who thought Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was boring are obviously going to be bored by this one too.
And forget all the faux moralistic outrage (also seen with Call Me By Your Name) . Cinema is not here to teach moral lessons.

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Weirdly charming and funny. Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman gives out solid performances here, and PTA is a master in directing as usual — every scene is shot beautifully

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Nice and pleasant love story. Not all the plot passages are necessarily too original, and in some cases they can be a bit silly, but the characters development during the movie is well thought and carried, leaving a very good overall impression.

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As a nostalgic look back at LA of a certain vintage, I much preferred this to the Tarantino film from a couple of years back.

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For an European that was not born when the events take place, there are a lot of special moments on the movie that I could not fully capture. Even by googling about it, the impact is low. But all the rest is amazing. The love story, the coming of age dilemma, the soundtrack . The lead actors are amazing and PTA conducts everything with subtle mastery.

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Didn't like it or didn't understand it, I cannot tell. It left me nothing except that vivid 70s vibe, really on point. Only thing I actually enjoyed.

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So boring, plotless and forgettable, that an hour later you will not remember you even saw it.

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Makoto Shinkais live action wet dreams come true.

It's hilarious how movie buffs always massively critcise (some definitely justified) and sometimes even hate Shinkais works. He gets so often the "pedo vibes" comments (also justified) cause his characters are often a adult and a minor, but Paul Thomas Andersons gets a free pass cause yea hes Paul Thomas Anderson..?

If you can get past that and think of Gary as an 18-20 year old cause he totally acts like that - and funny enough everyone in the movie interacts with him like hes acually an adult person, nobody ever really questions his age - then it's a nice movie about friendship, soul-mates, love and patriachism, with some awkward scenes (I'm looking at you Jerry Frick).

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Shout by dilek
BlockedParent2023-05-27T16:31:32Z— updated 2023-05-28T20:43:30Z

Casually promoting pedophilia:nauseated_face::nauseated_face:

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This one was on my watch list for far too long! I was not sure what to expect, and that led to a better and worse result. Better because it took my on an unexpected ride, but worse because it was a bit more of a slow burn than I would typically like. With that being said, I do definitely recommend checking this out because it is a pretty solid story and well acted!

Rating: 3.5/5 - 8/10 - Would Recommend

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An offbeat coming-of-age story, the plot and constant A star cameos continually surprised me which held my interest. At the same time, these twists sometimes just felt stupid. The main characters are both unlikeable as well and I could never fully root for them. Still, I might watch again. I wouldn't recommend to everyone but might to some as it's very unique.

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Feel good romcom. Too much unnecessary running though.

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Weird but super good, loved it

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Quite simply atrocious.

Not one redeeming moment.

Boring beyond belief. Unlikeable characters, uninspired cinematography, awful writing.

One of the worst movies ever by a major director.

One star!

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A well-created and executed meh.

Ponderous with punctuated bits of interest.

Story meanders but puts all its chips on the two lead characters charm being enough to carry it... I'm not sure it does because established stars usurp them with two cameos that show true screen magnetism.

Not the best because of the story. The direction is fine and the world is immaculately accurate. But it's no Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - more When Harry Met Sally crossed with Superbad. Really.

6/10

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A romantic comedy with two young people, but with a great age difference and with the peculiar humor of the director

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Look, it's a good movie overall, but man, the moment when Bradley Cooper showed it was chaotic and wonderful.

He shows up with intensity, threatens to kill some teenagers, and leaves only to appear out of nowhere in the dark streets of California to hop a ride with the same teens he threatens to kill, only to threaten another teenager for gas, he then proceeds to destroy public property for no reason while mumbling under his breath and finally concluding his screen time by asking out two women walking along the streets.

After that, you never see him again. Amazing!

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I liked it, but was also somewhat bored by it in parts. Was cool seeing PSH's kid act, the resemblance grows by the day. Avoiding the age gap controversy, it was a well filmed picture w good performances and some fun cameos to boot. 6.9 for me.

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What a fever dream this is.

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All cast worked well and it was alright but near the end went off track and got confusing and the plot got a little silly.

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Well this was a very romanticized story of 28y old pedophile with a 15y.o boy. Alana at some points asks "is it normal to hang out with 15 years old kids?". Well mr P. Th. Anderson, no it is not normal. And of course dating a kid of that age isn't either. Awful movie

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Shout by Timekeeper
BlockedParent2022-02-22T03:21:33Z— updated 2022-03-27T23:32:16Z

I wonder if during Pizzagate, licorice meant young boy. I'm turned off to this movie by what I'm reading in the comments. Anyone Feel the comments are overblown?

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What are the requirements for a movie to have the romance genre and how does this not meet them

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